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The Anglo-Prussian Bishopric of St. James, in Jerusalem. By the Rev. W. O. Hoffman, Inspector of the Missionary Seminary at Basle. Translated from the German.

A Scripture Herbal. By Maria Calcott.

Sabbath School Lectures on the Names, Titles, and Similitudes of the Lord Jesus Christ, with a Preface. By Rev. J. Sherman.

The Concessions of Trinitarians; being a Selection of Extracts from the Writings of the most eminent Biblical Critics and Commentators. By John Wilson, author of Scripture Proofs of Unitarianism.

Christianity in the East. By the Rev. W. Buyers, of Benares.

Memoir of the Life of the Rev. Peter Roe, A.M., late of Kilkenny, with copious Extracts from his Diaries, Correspondence, &c. By Rev. Samuel Madden, A.M.

The Prelatical Doctrine of Apostolical Succession Examined, and the Protestant Ministry Defended against the Assumptions of Popery and HighChurchism, in a Series of Lectures. By Thomas Smyth, Pastor of the second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, N. C.

An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical. By Joseph Gwilt. Illustrated by more than 1000 Engravings on Wood. A Popular History of British India, Commercial Intercourse with China, and the Insular Possessions of England in the Eastern Seas. By W. Cooke Taylor, LL.D.

Christian Happiness considered in its Relation to Men, Families, and Churches. By E. Mannering.

The Teacher's Companion, designed to Exhibit the Principles of Sunday School Instruction and Discipline. By Rev. N. Collins. With Introductory Essay by Rev. Daniel Moore, B.A.

A Retrospect of the Moral and Religious State of Islington during the last Forty Years: A Sermon. By Thomas Lewis, of Union Chapel, Islington.

Synopsis of the Evidences of Christianity. By Joseph Macardy. Second Edition.

Scotch Courtiers and the Court. Dedicated to the Poet Laureat. By Catherine Sinclair.

Dionysius, the Areopagite, with other Poems. By Ann Hawkshaw.

A Course of Lectures on Infidelity. By Ministers of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow and Neighbourhood.

The Christian Philosopher; or, the Connexion of Science and Philosophy with Religion. Illustrated by Engravings. By Thomas Dick, LL.D. Eighth Edition. Revised, Corrected, and greatly Enlarged.

The English Wife: a Manual of Home Duties. By the Author of the English Maiden, her Moral and Domestic Duties.

Popular Conchology; or, the Shell Cabinet Arranged; being an Introduction to the Modern System of Conchology, &c. By Agnes Catlow. Steill's Pictorial Spelling Book: a Series of Easy and Progressive Lessons on Facts and Objects.

Sabbath Evening Readings. By the Rev. Denis Kelly, M.A.

Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay; Author of Evelina, Cecilia, &c. Edited by her Niece. Vol. V. 1789-1793.

The Age of Great Cities; or, Modern Society Viewed in its Relation to Intelligence, Morals, and Religion. By Robert Vaughan, D.D.

Modern Immersion directly opposed to Scriptural Baptism, in Reply to Alexander Carson, M.A. By John Munro, of Knockando.

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ADDISON, C. G., Esq., History of the
Knights Templars, &c., 189; import-
ance of such works, ib.; origin of
the order, ib.; their persecution, 190;
character of the crusades, ib.; Saladin,
191; enthusiasm, 192; divisions of
the Templars, 194; rule of the order,
extract, ib.; loss of Palestine, 195;
Templars deprived of power, 196;
persecutions in France and England,
ib.; declaration of the Templars, ex-
tract, 198; public opinion, 199; ini-
quities of the ecclesiastical courts, 200
Ainsworth, Annotations on the Penta-
teuch, 472

Ancient Christianity and the doctrines

of the Oxford Tracts for the Times, 1;
miscellaneous character of the tracts,
ib.; Plan of Mr. Taylor's work, ib.;
his historical authorities, 2; superior
learning awarded to the Oxford di-
vines, 3; faults of the work, 4; his
opposition to the voluntary system,
ib.; erroneous view of the commence-
ment of national religion, ib.; vacilla-
tion as to estimate of character, 5; view
of the fathers, 6; incorrect views of tra-
dition, 7; improper use of the phrase
'Ancient Christianity,' 8; erroneous
view of marriage, 9; analysis of the
work, 10; unfair way of studying his-
tory, 11; Gnosticism, 12; value of Mo-
sheim's history,14; inroads of the Neo-
Platonic philosophy, extract, 16; results
in the African churches, 18; merit of
celibacy, 19; errors of the third cen-
tury, 20; discussion of the views of
the Oxford divines, 21; doctrine of
the church of England, 23
Annuals for 1843, 698; Fisher's Draw-

ing Room Scrap Book, ib.; The Rob-
ber's death-bed, ib.; Mosque of Santa
Sophia, 700; The Rhine, Italy, and
Greece, 701; Juvenile Scrap Book,
ib.; Friendship's Offering, 702; His-
toric Illustrations of the Bible, ib.

VOL. XII.

Atwell, Rev. W., Dr. Pusey answered,

476

Bagster's Critical Greek and English
Testament, 239

Bethune, John, Poems, 354
Biblical Cabinet Philological Tracts,
vol. iii., 117

Binns, Dr. E., Anatomy of Sleep, 722
Biographical Dictionary, 233
Bishop of London, Three Sermons on
the Church, 293; character of his
lordship, ib.; usual worthlessness of
such publications, 294; conduct of the
bishops towards the Tractarians, 295;
spirit of the bishop towards Dissen-
ters, 296; analysis of the sermons,
297, et seq.; view of the church, ib. ;
church government, 299; episcopacy,
300; testimony of the fathers, 303;
Ignatius, ib.; objections to episco-
pacy, 307; exclusiveness of episco-
pacy, extract, 308; invalidity of the
reasoning, 312; the bishop's inconsis-
tency, 315; charity of his lordship,
extract, 316; results of episcopacy,
extract, 317

Blood, Rev. W., Misericorde au plus
grand des Pecheurs, 355

Book of the Poets-Chaucer to Beattie,

and of the Nineteenth Century, 52;
affinity between poetry and painting,
ib.; recent pictorial works, 53; cha-
racter of the volumes, 54; value of
modern poetry, 55; desirableness of
a selection from the dramatists, 56;
Song on the Corn Laws, 57; Cotton
and Corn, 58; To L. L. H., 59
beauty of the engravings and com-
mendation of the work, 60

Bradley, Rev. C., Sermons on the
Lord's Supper, 719

Brande, W. T., Dictionary of Science,
530; necessity for the work, ib.;
difficulties of the compilers, 533;
great value of the volume, 534;
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names of writers, 537; newspaper
reporting, ib.; platinum, 538; mega-
therium, 539; olive, ib.; mistakes, 540
Bray, Charles, The Philosophy of Ne-
cessity, 417; work destitute of value,
ib.; ambitious character of the work,
418; erroneous definitions, 419;
phrenology, ib.; origin of the error,
420; incorrect view of the soul,
extract, 423; consciousness, extract,
425; moral science, 426; social
science, 427; religion, 328; poverty
of the working classes, 429; system
of Owen, 430; sketch of its author,
431; revolution of the social system,

433

Bridges, M., Esq., Babbicombe, 235

Canadian Scenery Illustrated, 474
Candler, John, Brief Notices of Hayti,
104; sketch of history of Hayti, ib.;
independence, ib.; value of the work,
106; abolition of slavery, extract,
107; the author's arrival at Hayti,
extract, ib.; Christophe, 108; educa-
tion, extracts, ib.; Port au Prince,
111; interview with General Boyer,
112; constitution of Hayti, extract,
114; ecclesiastical establishment, ex-
tract, ib.; protestants in Hayti, 116;
commendation of the book, 117
Chalmers, A., General and Biographical
Dictionary; see Hyde Edward, Earl
of Clarendon

Close, Rev. F., Divine and human
knowledge, 357
Coal-mining population, our, 201; Lord
Ashley's Commission, ib.; first Re-
port, ib.; enormities practised, 202;
description of a Newcastle pit, 203;
ventilation, 205; explosion, 207;
parties by whom coal is obtained,
208; physical injuries inflicted on
children, extracts, 210; habits of
miners, extracts, 211; Lord Ashley's
bill, 213

Coleman, Rev. L., The Antiquities of
the Christian Church, 283; character
of works on Christian Antiquities,
ib.; catalogue of curiosities, extracts,
284; value of the work, 288; the
Lord's Prayer, 289; English and
American copyrights, 292
Congregational Calendar, 719
Cox, Dr. F. A., History of the Baptist
Missionary Society, 637; importance
of Missions, ib.; perseverance of their
originators, 638; commencement of
the Baptist Missionary Society, ex-
tracts, 640; first missionaries, 643;
settlement at Serampore, extracts,
644; first baptism, 646; usefulness,

extracts, 647; Persian convert, 648;
misunderstanding between the Seram-
pore brethren and the Society, er-
tracts, 649; Dr. Marshman, 650;
Jamaica Mission, 651; dying negrões,
653; Mr. Knibb, extract, 655; go-
vernment of the Jamaica churches, 656;
statistics of the churches, 659; com-
mendation of the work, ib.

Crossley, Comprehensive Class Book,

358

Daillié, J., Treatise on the Right Use of
the Fathers, 236
D'Arblay, Madam, Diary and Letters,
319; manners of royal personages,
ib.; daily occupation of the writer,
320; royalty at Kew, 322; attempt to
assassinate George III., extract, 323;
King at Oxford, 324; conduct of the
Queen, extracts, ib.; Sovereign of the
Garter, 326; Warren Hastings, er-
tracts, ib.; Decline of the king's
health, extracts, 329; commendation
of the book, 334

East, R., Advice to the Bilious, 720
Ellis, Mrs., The Daughters of England;
see Woman, her Social Position and
Duties

Emerson, R. W., Essays, 667; Atheism,
ib.; errors of the author exposed, er-
tracts, 668, et seq.; reproof given to
him, 671; authority of by-gone ages,
675; doctrine that justice is not
postponed, refuted, 678; objections to
the author's principles, 683
England in the Nineteenth Century,235,

473

Family Record; Memoir of Woodd, 475
Findlater, Rev. R., Memoir of, 478
France since the Revolution, 335; cha-
racter and analysis of Mr. Raikes's
Work, ib. et seq.; Revolution in
France, ib.; results of revolution, ez-
tract, 337; state of affairs in 1840;
M. Thiers's administration, 339;
Russia, 340; conduct of France, 341;
conduct of Lord Palmerston, 342;
improper conduct of Thiers, 343;
Louis Bonaparte, ib.; Egypt, 344;
Lord Ponsonby, 345; Marshal Soult,
346; Treaty with Mehemet Ali, ib.;
Menzel's view of the Eastern ques-
tions, extract, 347; funeral pageant
of Napoleon, 348; France in 1841,
350

Fraser, J. B., Esq., Mesopotamia and
Assyria, 118

Gaskin, J., Memoir of Mrs.Budgett, 479

General Distress, parliamentary debates
on, 214; conduct of Sir R. Peel, ib. ;
state of agricultural districts, 216; of
manufacturers, 217; Barnsley, 218;
Leeds, 219; Bolton, 220; increase of
distress, 221; character of the govern-
ment, 222; conduct of the people,
224; Usefulness of the anti-corn law
league, 225; results of the repeal of
taxes on provisions, 226; conduct of
the clergy, 227; dissenting ministers,
228; prorogation of parliament, 229;
duties of the people, 230; infatuation
of the aristocracy, 232

Goode, W., The Divine Rule of Faith
and Practice, 361; character of the
work, ib.; Oxford Tractarians, 36;
early success of Puseyism, 363; vi-
rus of the tracts, 364; catholic tradi-
tions, 365; views of Mr. Newman,
366; Scripture independent of tradi-
tion, 367; apostle's creed, extract,
368; Archbishop Laud, extract, 369;
the orders of priesthood, extracts,
370; ordination, extracts, 371; con-
duct of the Tractarians to the church,
extract, 373; tendency of Puseyism
and anti-Puseyism, 374; criticism on
the work, 375

Goodman, J., The Eucharist not an or-

dinance of the Christian church, 478

Hardy, P. D., The Philosophy of Chris-
tianity, 71; inappropriateness of the
title, ib.; analysis, 72 et seq. ; inability
of philosophy to expound religion, ib.;
Bible a revelation of the Divine will,
73; morbid tendency of purely phy-
sical investigations, extract, 76; great
value of the work, ib.

Hinton, Rev. J. H., Review of the
Bishop of London's Three Sermons,

719

Hofwyl, Letters from, by a Parent, 720
Hook, Dr. W. F., Sermons on Various
Subjects, 502; Oxford Theology, ib.;
the Church, 503; succession, 504;
sacrament, 505; church of England,
ib. ; character of Puseyism, 506; dan-
gers arising from it, 507; decline of
evangelical preaching, 508; character
of Dr. H's. sermons, 510; errors of
their theology, 512; violence of their
assertions, 515; errors on the sab-
bath, 516; appalling character of
Puseyism, 519

Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon, 241;
prevalent mistakes as to Clarendon,
ib.; sketch of his life, 242, et seq.;
death of his father, ib.; character of
the son, ib.; state of the country, 243;
dissolution of parliament, 244; un-

worthiness of Clarendon, 245; con-
duct of parties, 246; affairs at Oxford,
248; intercourse with Charles, 249;
History of the Great Rebellion, ib. ;
removal to Paris, 250; character of
the court, 251; Clarendon's devoted-
ness to Charles, 252; Duke of York
and Anne Hyde, 253; the chan-
cellor and the church, 254; hypo-
critical conduct, 256; conduct of the
king to the presbyterians, 257; danger
of the puritans, 258; Savoy confer-
ence, 259; conventicle and five mile
acts, 260; infamous conduct of Cla-
rendon, 261; his degradation, 263;
leaves the kingdom, 265; affray with
the mariners in Normandy, 266; death,
267; character, 268

Intelligence, Literary, 120, 239, 360,
479, 604, 723

Ireland, Scenery and Antiquities of, 474

Jasher. Book of, 630; reported origin
of, ib.; inconsistencies of its state-
ments with truth, 631; creation, ib.;
Noah, 632; Terah, 633; Pharoah, ib.;
Joseph, 634; Magron, 635; Moses,
ib.; Amalek, 636; work a literary
curiosity, 637

Jay, Rev. W., Morning and Evening
Exercises, July to September, 118;
October to December, 721

Knight, C., Works of Shakspere, vol.
iv., 353

Kohl, J. G., Esq., Russia and the Rus-
sians in 1842, vol. i., 687; desirable-
ness of the work, ib.; Petersburg, ex-
tracts, 688; pictorial advertisements,
691; climate, extract, 692; Whit-
monday, 693; Iswoschtschiks, 694;
Emperor Nicholas, 695; image dealers,
696; poultry market, 697; attractive
character of the volume, ib.
Krasinski, Count Valerian, Historical
Sketch of the Reformation in Poland,
166; importance of the popish con-
troversy, 167; prevalent mistakes on
the subject, ib.; duties of dissenters,
168; analysis of the volume, 169, et
seq.; Diet at Warsaw, ib.; oath of
Henry, extract, 170; Battery and So-
likowski, extract, 171; Sigismund
III., 172; state of Protestantism, 173;
Vladislaw, extract, 174; students of
Cracow, 175; John Casimir, extract,
176; influence of Unitarianism, ex-
tract, 177; commendation of the work,

178

Le Keux, Memorials of Cambridge, 475
Loudon, J. C., Landscape Gardening and
3 E 2

Architecture of the late H. Repton,
Esq., 358

M'Combie, W., Moral Agency, 356
Macfarlane, Rev. J., see Recent Mis-
sionary Publications

McKerrow, Rev. J., History of the
Secession Church, 434; ignorance of
the British churches of each other,
ib.; origin of the secession, 436; its
rapid spread, 437; doctrine, 438;
missionary character, 439; volunta-
ries, 440; state of the Scottish church,
441; patronage, 443; conduct of Mr.
Erskine, 444; present state of Scottish
ecclesiastical affairs, 446
Madagascar and its Martyrs, 474
Madden, Dr. R. R., The United Irish-
men, their Lives and Times, 400;
Irish rebellion but little understood,
ib.; evils of Toryism in Ireland, 401;
character of the rebels, 402; rebellion
in the days of Charles I., 403; origin
of the United Irishmen, 404; their
oath, 405; extension and proceedings,
extracts, 405; Mr. Reynolds, 406;
Mr. Hughes, extract, 408; Grattan,
409; spy system, extract, ib.; new
organization of the society, extract,
411; interview with Lord Fitzgerald,
412; his apprehension, 414; dissolu-
tion of the society, 416; commenda-
tion of the work, 417

Mannering, E., Christian Consistency,

353

Mathias, Rev. B. W., Brief Memorial of,
478

Melson, Dr. J. B., see Recent Mission-

ary Publications

Menzel, W., Europe in 1840; see France

since the Revolution

Milford, J., Norway and her Laplanders
in 1841, 447; Christiansand, ib.;
Christiania, extracts, 448; Tronjenir,
449; inns, 450; religion of Norway,
extracts, 450; the Lapps, 452; the
Storthing, 455; pleasing character of
the volume, ib.
Missionary Stories, 474

Moffat, R., Missionary Labours and
Scenes in Southern Africa, 269; Lite-
rature of the London Missionary So-
ciety, ib.; establishment of the first
African mission, ib.; Dr. Vanderkemp,
270; the Bushman, 271; Africaner,
extracts, 272; state of the country,
274; the missionary among the Bechu-
anas, 275; conflict with a lion, 277;
comparative claims of Williams and
Moffat, 278; African character, 280;
missionary difficulties, 281; com-
mendation of the work, 283

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Montgomery, R., Luther, a poem, 179;
Omnipresence of the Deity," ib.;
"Satan," 180; "Messiah," 182;
character of "Luther," 183; inappro
priate epithets, ib.; false metaphors,
184; extravagance, ib.; improvement
in the author, 187; Satanic agency, 188

Natural History of Enthusiasm, eighth
edition, 356

Neander, Dr. A., History of the Plant-
ing and Training of the Christian
Church by the Apostles, translated
by J. E. Ryland, 376; reputation of
the author, ib.; analysis of the work,
377; its character, 378; youth of the
apostle Paul, 379; Paul at Athens,
382; faults of the work, 384; gift of
tongues, extract, 385; Cornelius send
ing for Peter, 388; doctrine of Christ,
extract, 390; justification, 391; re-
commendation of the work, 394
Noel, Hon. and Rev. B. W.; see Re-
cent Missionary Publications
Nonconformist's Sketch Book, 234

Parsons, Rev. B., Mental and Moral
Dignity of Woman; see Woman, her
Position and Duties

Peel, Sir R., Cabinet of, 579; Walpole's
Castle of Otranto, ib.; conduct of the
ministry, 580; domestic legislation,
581; finances, ib.; mystification of
the premier, 582; results of the in-
come tax, 583; commercial measures,
584; tergiversation of the goverNMENÍ,
ib.; free trade, 586; bankruptcy laws,
588; foreign policy, extract, 589;
continental policy, 590; Eastern ques-
tion, 593; India and China, 595;
boundary question, 597; general con-
duct, 599; present state of affairs, 602
Pettigrew, T. J., Encyclopædia Ægyp
tiaca, No. I., 102; such a work a
desideratum, ib.; mode of its publica-
tion, 103; qualifications of the author,
ib.

Philip, Rev. R., The Hannahs, 479
Prichard, Dr. J. C., Natural History of
Man, 660; respect paid by modern
writers to religion, ib.; cheap litera-
ture, 661; bearings of the question as
to the common origin of mankind, 663;
species and varieties, 664; deductions
from existing facts, 666; unique cha-
racter of the work, ib.

Raikes, T., Esq., France since 1830; see
France since the Revolution
Recent Missionary publications, 78;
facts relating to Mr. Macfarlane's
essay, ib.; question of property as to

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